EP3145698A1 - System for preparing a 3d printer printout base and a method of preparing a 3d printer printout base - Google Patents

System for preparing a 3d printer printout base and a method of preparing a 3d printer printout base

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EP3145698A1
EP3145698A1 EP14738915.9A EP14738915A EP3145698A1 EP 3145698 A1 EP3145698 A1 EP 3145698A1 EP 14738915 A EP14738915 A EP 14738915A EP 3145698 A1 EP3145698 A1 EP 3145698A1
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Rafal TOMASIAK
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Zortrax SA Poland
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C64/00—Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3D] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3D printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering
    • B29C64/10—Processes of additive manufacturing
    • B29C64/106—Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material
    • B29C64/118—Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM]
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C64/00—Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3D] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3D printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering
    • B29C64/10—Processes of additive manufacturing
    • B29C64/106—Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
    • B33Y—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
    • B33Y30/00—Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor

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  • the subject of the invention is a system for preparing a 3D printer printout base and a method of preparing a 3D printer printout base.
  • Printing using a 3D printer, requires preparing a base on which the printout is placed and their proper orientation within the working space of the printing head (extruder). The process is called calibration and precedes the printing process itself. Placement of the printout base plane non-parallely to toe plane of movement of the print head or deformation of the base plate may result in an incorrect printout, as well as in the damage to the print head and its drive, resulting from an unanticipated collision between the base and the print head.
  • a sheet of paper acts as a feeler gauge and the appropriate dimension of the gap corresponds with a situation where a sheet of paper placed between the head and the base may move with "slight resistance". Both the feeler gauge and the measure used to establish the possibility of movement are by its very nature highly inaccurate.
  • the system for preparing a 3D printer printout base is characterised by at least three base points being placed on the printer table in such a manner that the upper surface of the table and the surface of the base points form a uniform plane.
  • the base points are connected with each other by an electric wire, which connects to the nozzle of the print head by a power supply, creating a contact detection circuit.
  • the print head is connected sequentially with the head drive, head controller and the printer controller.
  • the printer controller is equipped with a coordinate recorder and a memory.
  • the contact detection circuit is connected by a potential signalling line with the printer recorder or the contact detection circuit is equipped with an element detecting current flow connected by a signal line with the printer recorder.
  • the printer table is connected sequentially with a table drive, table drive controller and printer controller.
  • the method of preparing a 3D printer printout base is characterised by a measurement of the location of the printer table being conducted in the vertical axis "Z" with the established locations of the printer head in the "X", "Y” plane over at least 3 base points.
  • the contact detection circuit is closed the "X, Y, Z" coordinates are stored in the printer memory and based on the obtained coordinates describing the table surface the printout base is printed, that is, the raft.
  • fig. 1 presents the diagram of the system
  • fig. 2 presents the method of preparing a printout
  • fig. 3 a printer table with five base points.
  • the system for preparing a 3D printer printout base is characterised by at least three base points 2 being placed on a printer table 1 in such a manner that the upper surface of the table 1 and the surface of the base points 2 form a uniform plane.
  • the points 2 are connected with each other by an electric wire 3, which connects to a nozzle 4 of a head 5 by a power supply 6, creating a contact detection circuit 7.
  • the head 5 is connected sequentially with the head 5 drive 8, head drive 5 controller 9 and a printer controller 10.
  • the printer controller 10 is equipped with a coordinate recorder 1 and a memory 12.
  • a contact detection circuit 7 is connected by a potential signalling line 13 with a printer recorder 11 or a contact detection circuit 7 is equipped with an element 14 detecting current flow connected by a line 15 with the printer recorder 11.
  • the printer table 1 is connected with a table drive 16, table drive controller 17 and printer controller 10.
  • the contact of the nozzle 4 of the print head 5 with any base point 2 will close the electric circuit 7.
  • the electric circuit 7 closed condition in the location of contact of the nozzle 4 and the base point 2 is signalled to the coordinate recorder 11 of the printer controller 10 by the contact detection system 7.
  • the contact detection system 7 may be implemented in any manner, e.g. by sending a signal corresponding to the electric potential on wire 3 to the input of the printer controller 10 position recorder 11 - signal line marked by a symbol on fig. 1 by a continuous line 13, as the one which occurs in a situation where the circuit is closed by the nozzle 4 contacting the base point 2, or e.g. by an electric signal created by element 14 detecting the flow of electric current supplied to the input of coordinate recorder 11 marked on fig.
  • the task of the recorder 11 is to record the three XYZ coordinates corresponding to the position of print nozzle 4 end in the printer controller 10 memory 12.
  • the coordinate values are obtained from the print head drive 8 controller 9 (in the XY plane) and the table 1 drive 16 controller 17 in the Z axis.
  • the recorder system 11 and the drive controllers 9 and 17 may form an integral part of the printer controller 0, but may also be constructed as separate modules.
  • the system for preparing the 3D printer printout base acts in the following manner: the printer controller 10 places the print head 5 over point 2 for arbitrary X, Y coordinates. Table 1 moves around the Z axis of the print head 5 with the head remaining stationary. The stopping of table 1 occurs when the contact detection circuit 7 is closed. The circuit closing signal initiates the recording of X, Y coordinates of print nozzle 4 and Z of base point 2 of the table 1 surface. These actions are repeated for each of 2 base points. The subsequent stage is the printing of the printout base 18— raft, taking into account the corrections of the head 5 movement trajectory concerning the geometry of contact area between the plane of table 1 and raft 18 obtained as a result of conducted measurements of location of base points 2.
  • the method of preparing a 3D printer printout base is characterised by a measurement of the location of the printer table 1 being conducted in the vertical axis "Z" with the established locations of the printer head 5 in the "X", ⁇ " plane over at least 3 base points 2.
  • the contact detection circuit 7 is closed the "X, Y, Z" coordinates are stored in the printer memory, and based on the obtained coordinates describing the table surface the printout base 18 is printed, that is, the raft.

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Abstract

The system for preparing a 3D printer printout base characterized in that on the printer table (1) at least three base points (2) are located, which are connected with each other by an electric wire (3), which connects to (head 5) nozzle (4) by a power supply (6), creating a contact detection circuit (7). The head (5) is connected sequentially with the head (5) drive (8), head (5) controller (9) and printer controller (10) and the printer controller (10) is equipped with a coordinate recorder (11) and a memory (12). The contact detection circuit (7) is connected by a potential signalling line (13) with the printer recorder (11) or the contact detection circuit (7) is equipped with an element (14) detecting current flow connected by a line (15) with the printer recorder (11), and the printer table (1) is connected with the table drive (16), table drive controller (17) and printer controller (11).The upper surface of table (1) and the surface of the base points (2) form a uniform plane. The method of preparing a 3D printer printout base characterised by the measurement of the location of the printer table (1) being conducted in the vertical axis "Z" with the established locations of the printer head in the "X", "Y" plane over at least 3 base points (2), and in the moment the contact detection circuit (7) is closed the "X, Y, Z" coordinates are stored in the printer memory, and based on the obtained coordinates describing the table surface, the printout base (18) is printed, that is, the raft.

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System for preparing a 3D printer printout base and a method of preparing a 3D printer printout base
The subject of the invention is a system for preparing a 3D printer printout base and a method of preparing a 3D printer printout base.
Printing, using a 3D printer, requires preparing a base on which the printout is placed and their proper orientation within the working space of the printing head (extruder). The process is called calibration and precedes the printing process itself. Placement of the printout base plane non-parallely to toe plane of movement of the print head or deformation of the base plate may result in an incorrect printout, as well as in the damage to the print head and its drive, resulting from an unanticipated collision between the base and the print head.
Methods of calibration are known, described usually in the operating manual (instructions for use) of 3D printers currently on the market, e.g. SYGNIS, Felix 2.0 by FELIX Printers, consisting in levelling the printout base in relation to the print head movement plane, through adjustment using mechanical retainers. The levelling is performed manually through the change of geometry of retainers, e.g. by rotating an adjustment screw. The main reason for the onerousness of a manual calibration process is the necessity of multiple verification of the obtained calibration result through trial and error. In practical use described, e.g. in the SYGNIS printer manual, the verification consists in checking the dimension of the gap between the print head and the base using a feeler gauge. In the quoted manual, a sheet of paper acts as a feeler gauge and the appropriate dimension of the gap corresponds with a situation where a sheet of paper placed between the head and the base may move with "slight resistance". Both the feeler gauge and the measure used to establish the possibility of movement are by its very nature highly inaccurate.
In accordance with the invention the system for preparing a 3D printer printout base is characterised by at least three base points being placed on the printer table in such a manner that the upper surface of the table and the surface of the base points form a uniform plane. The base points are connected with each other by an electric wire, which connects to the nozzle of the print head by a power supply, creating a contact detection circuit. The print head is connected sequentially with the head drive, head controller and the printer controller. The printer controller is equipped with a coordinate recorder and a memory. The contact detection circuit is connected by a potential signalling line with the printer recorder or the contact detection circuit is equipped with an element detecting current flow connected by a signal line with the printer recorder. The printer table is connected sequentially with a table drive, table drive controller and printer controller.
In accordance with the invention the method of preparing a 3D printer printout base is characterised by a measurement of the location of the printer table being conducted in the vertical axis "Z" with the established locations of the printer head in the "X", "Y" plane over at least 3 base points. When the contact detection circuit is closed the "X, Y, Z" coordinates are stored in the printer memory and based on the obtained coordinates describing the table surface the printout base is printed, that is, the raft. The advantage of the use of the system and method covered by the invention is the elimination of tedious and time-consuming manual calibration activities related to the preparation of the printer for work, by replacing them with automatic calibration supervised by an electronic printer controller.
The subject of the invention will be presented based on an example of implementation on figures, where fig. 1 presents the diagram of the system, fig. 2 presents the method of preparing a printout and fig. 3 a printer table with five base points.
The system for preparing a 3D printer printout base is characterised by at least three base points 2 being placed on a printer table 1 in such a manner that the upper surface of the table 1 and the surface of the base points 2 form a uniform plane. The points 2 are connected with each other by an electric wire 3, which connects to a nozzle 4 of a head 5 by a power supply 6, creating a contact detection circuit 7. The head 5 is connected sequentially with the head 5 drive 8, head drive 5 controller 9 and a printer controller 10. The printer controller 10 is equipped with a coordinate recorder 1 and a memory 12. A contact detection circuit 7 is connected by a potential signalling line 13 with a printer recorder 11 or a contact detection circuit 7 is equipped with an element 14 detecting current flow connected by a line 15 with the printer recorder 11. The printer table 1 is connected with a table drive 16, table drive controller 17 and printer controller 10.
The contact of the nozzle 4 of the print head 5 with any base point 2 will close the electric circuit 7. The electric circuit 7 closed condition in the location of contact of the nozzle 4 and the base point 2 is signalled to the coordinate recorder 11 of the printer controller 10 by the contact detection system 7. The contact detection system 7 may be implemented in any manner, e.g. by sending a signal corresponding to the electric potential on wire 3 to the input of the printer controller 10 position recorder 11 - signal line marked by a symbol on fig. 1 by a continuous line 13, as the one which occurs in a situation where the circuit is closed by the nozzle 4 contacting the base point 2, or e.g. by an electric signal created by element 14 detecting the flow of electric current supplied to the input of coordinate recorder 11 marked on fig. 1 by a dashed line 15. The task of the recorder 11 is to record the three XYZ coordinates corresponding to the position of print nozzle 4 end in the printer controller 10 memory 12. The coordinate values are obtained from the print head drive 8 controller 9 (in the XY plane) and the table 1 drive 16 controller 17 in the Z axis. The recorder system 11 and the drive controllers 9 and 17 may form an integral part of the printer controller 0, but may also be constructed as separate modules.
In the case the surface of table 1 is deformed, e.g. as a result of repeated thermal action, the number of base points 2 should be increased in order to establish additional planes which determine this surface. In an example design of table 1 presented on fig. 3 in order to increase the measurement accuracy 5 base points were used.
The system for preparing the 3D printer printout base acts in the following manner: the printer controller 10 places the print head 5 over point 2 for arbitrary X, Y coordinates. Table 1 moves around the Z axis of the print head 5 with the head remaining stationary. The stopping of table 1 occurs when the contact detection circuit 7 is closed. The circuit closing signal initiates the recording of X, Y coordinates of print nozzle 4 and Z of base point 2 of the table 1 surface. These actions are repeated for each of 2 base points. The subsequent stage is the printing of the printout base 18— raft, taking into account the corrections of the head 5 movement trajectory concerning the geometry of contact area between the plane of table 1 and raft 18 obtained as a result of conducted measurements of location of base points 2.
The method of preparing a 3D printer printout base is characterised by a measurement of the location of the printer table 1 being conducted in the vertical axis "Z" with the established locations of the printer head 5 in the "X", Ύ" plane over at least 3 base points 2. When the contact detection circuit 7 is closed the "X, Y, Z" coordinates are stored in the printer memory, and based on the obtained coordinates describing the table surface the printout base 18 is printed, that is, the raft.

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1. The system for preparing a 3D printer printout base characterized in that on the printer table IM at least three base points 121 are located, which are connected with each other by an electric wire /3/, which connects to head 151 nozzle 141 by a power supply IQI, creating a contact detection circuit 111 whereas the head 15/ is connected sequentially with the head 15/ drive IQI, head 151 controller 191 and a printer controller /107 and the printer controller /107 is equipped with a coordinate recorder /1 1/ and a memory /12/, whereas the contact detection circuit 111 is connected by a potential signalling line /13/ with the printer recorder /1 1/ or the contact detection circuit 111 is equipped with an element /14/ detecting current flow connected by a line /15/ with the printer recorder /Ml, and the printer table IM is connected with the table drive /16/, table drive controller /Ml and printer controller /11/.
2. The system for preparing a 3D printer printout base according to claim 1 , characterized in that at the upper surface of the table IM and the surface of the base points 121 form a uniform plane.
3. The method of preparing a 3D printer printout base characterized in that a measurement of the location of the printer table IM is conducted in the vertical axis "Z" with the established locations of the printer head in the "X", "Y" plane over at least 3 base points 121, and in the moment when the contact detection circuit 111 is closed the "X, Y, Z" coordinates are stored in the printer memory, and based on the obtained coordinates describing the table surface the printout base /18/ is printed, that is, the raft.
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